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Accessibility Tutorials / Windows XP

Adjusting Internet Options

You can specify the font sizes, styles, and colors, and foreground and background colors of Web pages displayed on your computer screen, even if the author of the Web page has already specified these. You can also specify the color used to indicate links in Web pages, or a special color for links that is used only when the mouse passes over the link.

These customizations are useful if you have low vision, need larger fonts, or need high-contrast colors. You can set Internet Explorer to use the colors and fonts you specify, the default Windows colors and fonts, or the settings you specify in your own style sheet.

You can also choose other options affecting the display of Web pages on your screen. All of these options are accessed through Internet Options in Control Panel.

Accessibility Tutorials for Internet Options are:

• Ignore Colors, Font Styles, or Font Sizes Specified on Web Pages
• Format Web Pages Using a Custom Style Sheet
• Select Text and Background Colors of Web Pages
• Select Colors for Visited and Unvisited Links
• Select Hover Link Colors
• Select a Font Style for Web Pages that Do Not Have a Specified Text Font
• Always Expand ALT Text for Images
• Move System Caret with Focus/Selection Changes
• Turn On or Turn Off Smooth Scrolling
• Turn On or Turn Off Play Animations, Sounds, and Videos in Web Pages